The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1968
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
5:46 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 183.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.02° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.40° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.